Barrel-washing machine.



B. DANZIGER.

BARREL WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21,1910.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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COLUMBIA- PLANOORAPH CO. WASHINGTON. D. C.

B. DANZIGER.

BARREL WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED Mu21,101o.

1,004,381, Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

BENNO DANZIGER, OF MANNHEIM, GERMANY.

IBARREL-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Application filed May 21, 1910. Serial No. 562,612.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNO DANZIGER, a subject of the Grand Duke ofBaden, residing in Mannheim, Germany, have invented an ImprovementinBarrel-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an apparatus for washing or cleansingbarrels, casks and similar receptacles, and the object thereof is theprovision of a barrel washing machine in which the barrels to be cleanedare placed in position in the machine, are then conveyed successivelyfrom and through a plurality of cleaning operations and finallydelivered from the machine.

The construction of the apparatus made in accordance with my inventionis such that the barrels when placed in the machine, remain in positiontherein until they are delivered therefrom, so that there is no rollingmovement imparted to the barrels, and furthermore there is aconsiderable saving in the power necessarily employed to operate themachine, by the elimination of heavy counter-balance mechanism such asso far as I am aware, has heretofore commonly been employed in machinesof the class to which my present invention relates.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine built inaccordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a cross section of the operatinglevers and associated parts i-1lustrating the manner in which theselevers may be connected and separated, Fig. 3 is an elevation of theoperating levers showing them in the position indicated by II in Fig. 1.Fig. 1 is a similar View showing the operating levers in the positionindicated at III in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar View showing thepositions assumed'by the operating levers when the carriage is in itsextreme right hand position; the lever 17 being in the positionindicated by III and the lever 18 in the position indicated by I. Fig. 6is ahorizontal section through the operating levers and showing the tripmember 28, and Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the operatinglevers at the slotted portions thereof showing the lug member 26 inposition as within the said levers.

Referring to the drawing, in carrying out my invention, the machinecomprises a base indicated at a, on one end of which there is a platform29 and in which in suitably spaced apart positions, there are sprayingnozzles indicated at 5 6 respectively, by which the interior of the caskor barrel, into which a spraying nozzle has been inserted through thebung-hole, may be cleansed, it being understood that any other similardevices may be employed for accomplishing this purpose. Also asillustrated, the plat form 29, adjacent to the nozzles 5 6 is grooved orrecessed in order to maintain a barrel or cask in position when placedthereon. Nozzle 5 is used for spraying hot water and nozzle 6 for coldwater. On the base a, I also prefer to employ a device which I call abung-hole detector; this being indicated at A and comprising a pair ofrollers I) mounted in suitable bearings in such a manner that they areparallel, spaced apart and at an equal distance from the base a.Centrally between the rollers there is a standard 0 carrying a pin (Z,which as will be understood, enters the bung hole of the barrel afterthe barrel has been placed on the rollers and revolved thereon until thebung hole comes into the bottommost position.

Secured to the base a there are upright members e between which at theirupper extremities, extends a rail 14:. I also employ a conveyer,comprising a carriage whose frame 9 is provided with rollers 13 adaptedto run on the rail 14. The frame 9 of the conveyer carriage is alsoprovided with bearings 10, in which supporting-rods 7 are slidablymounted. At their lower ends the rods 7 are connected to abarrel-support 3, which in suitably spaced apart positions on its uppersurface, is provided with lugs f f and f 11 represents a bell cranklever pivotally connected to the conveyer carriage 9 and connected atthe extremity of one of its arms with a cross-piece 12 and pivotallyconnected at the extremity of its other arm with a connecting rod 20.

19 designates a connecting rod pivotally connected at one end withtheconveyer carria e 9.

1 and 18 represent operating levers, both pivotally connected atcorresponding ends to a shaft 25. At its upper end, the lever 17 ispivotally connected 'to the opposite end of the connecting rod 19 and atits upper end the lever 18 is pivotally connected to the opposite end ofthe connecting rod 20.

30 designates a crankdisk and 31 a connecting rod by means of which thecrank disk 30 is connected to the lever 18. The lever 18 in a suitableposition is provided with a lever arm 23 pivotally mounted thereon asindicated at 22 and adapted to be normally maintained in position by aspring 24. The arm 23 is provided with a lug 26 adapted at certainperiods in the operation of the machine to enter a slot 27 providedtherefor in the lever 17 it being understood that the levers 17 and 18are mounted side by side.

Secured on a bracket 35 is a trip 28 the extremity of which ispreferably wedgeshaped as clearly indicated in Fig. 6, and adapted toenter the space between the end of the arm 23 and the adjacent face ofthe lever 18 in order to free the lever 17 from the lever 18, ashereinafter described, it being understood that the bracket 35 is ofsufiicient length to permit the lever 18 to move into the positionindicated by i.

In the operation of the hereinbefore de scribed barrel washing machine,the conveyer carriage 9 travels between a stop 15 and a stop 16, both ofwhich are secured on the rail 14. Now assuming that the apparatus is inan initial position as shown in Fig. 1 and that a barrel 8 has beenplaced on the bung-hole detector 4 in the proper position, then as willbe seen, the conveyer carriage 9 has reached the extreme limit of itstravel from right to left and ceases to move, whereupon also themovement of the lever 17 also ceases. In the continued revolution of thecrank disk 30, in a counter clock- Wise direction as indicated by thearrow, the movement of the lever 18 is continued from right to leftthereby actuating the bell-crank lever 11, raising the cross piece 12,the rods 7 and barrel-support 3 with the barrels 8 8 8 thereon from theposition shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines, whereuponthe lever 18 will have as sumed a position in alinement with the lever17 and the lug 26 will have entered the slot 27 to lock the levers 17and 18 together. In this action the inclined face 33 of the lug 26slides over the inclined face 34 of the lever 17 until the lug 26 entersthe slot 27 in the lever 17. The levers are then in the positionindicated by II as shown in Fig. 3. Then in the continued revolution ofthe crank disk, the levers are moved together from the position II Fig.3 to that indicated by III Fig. 4, wherein the conveyer carriage 9 willbe brought against the stop 16 in this left to right movement of theparts of the apparatus; the barrel support being moved from left toright in a raised position as will be understood, by means of the levers16 17 being locked together.

Simultaneously with the carriage 9 coming against the stop 16 orimmediately prior thereto the trip 28 enters the space between theinclined face 32 of the arm 23 and the adjacent face of the lever 18 asshown in Fig. 6 and separates the lever 17 from the lever 18 by removingthe lug 26 from the slot 27 and in the continued revolution of the crankdisk 30, the lever 18 moves from the position indicated in III Fig. 4 tothat indicated by I Fig. 5, during which movement, as will beunderstood, the connecting rod 20 actuates the bell crank lever 11 tolower the cross-piece 12, the rods 7 and the barrel support 3 whereuponthe barrel 8 which was last placed in the machine, assumes a position onthe platform 29 over the spraying nozzle 5 and the .barrel 8 assumes aposition on the platform over the spraying nozzle 6 and the barrel 8will be delivered to the platform 29 in the position indicated at V.Then in the continued revolution of the crank disk 30, the lever 18 ismoved from right to left, returning the conveyer carriage 9, the barrelsupport 3 and associated parts to the position shown in full lines inFig. 1, in order that another barrel may be'placed thereon, it beingimderstood that when the barrel support 3 is raised, it not only picksup the barrel last placed in the machine, but also the last twopreceding ones. During the return travel the lever 18 does not lift thebarrel support 3 until the carriage 9 strikes the stop 15, as the powerrequired for lifting the heavy platform with the barrels is much greaterthan the slight out-put for moving the carriage 9 and lever 17 i It willbe understood that while the hereinbefore described apparatus isparticularly adapted for washing barrels and casks, it may also beemployed for covering the interior of barrels with pitch or removingpitch from the interior of casks and other obvious similar uses, withoutdepartingfrom the nature and spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A barrel-washing machine, comprising a base, a frame, a plurality ofnozzles, a conveyer and means for imparting a vertically upward, then ahorizontally forward, then a vertically downward and then a horizontallybackward movement to the said conveyer, so that the barrel to be cleanedis first raised vertically, then carried forward horizontally, thenlowered vertically and successively over the said nozzles and is finallydelivered from the machine.

2. A barrel-washing machine, comprising a base, a platform, a series ofnozzles, a conveyer comprising a carriage and a barrel support connectedto said carriage and means for first raising the barrel support, thenmoving the carriage and barrel sup port, with the barrel support in itsraised position, then lowering the barrel support and then returning thecarriage and barrel support to their initial positions.

3. A barrel-washing machine, comprising a base, a platform, a series ofspaced apart 1 nozzles fixed in said platform, a bung-hole detector, aconveyer comprising a carriage, a frame adapted to be raised and loweredtherein and a barrel support carried by the said frame and means forfirst raising the said frame and barrel support, then moving 7 forwardthe said carriage, frame and barrel support, then lowering the saidframe and barrel support and then returning the said carriage, frame andbarrel support to their initial positions. v

4. A barrel-washing machine, comprising a base, a platform, a series ofspaced apart nozzles in said platform, a bung-hole detector, a conveyercomprising a carriage, a frame adapted to be raised and lowered in saidcarriage, a barrel support carried by said frame, stops for limiting thetravel of the said carriage, a bell-crank lever pivotally connected tothe said carriage, the end of one arm of which is pivotally connected tosaid frame, a lever, a shaft to which the said lever is pivotallyconnected, a second lever also pivotally connected to said shaft, aconnecting rod extending be tween the first aforesaid lever and the saidcarriage, a second connecting rod extending between the said secondlever and the end of the other arm of the said bell-crank lever, meanswhereby the said first lever is connected and disconnected from the saidsecond lever at the ends of the travel of the said carriage, and meansfor operating the said second lever.

5. A barrel-washing machine, comprising a base, a platform, a series ofspaced apart nozzles fixed in said platform, a bung-hole detector, aconveyer comprising a carriage, a frame adapted to be raised and loweredin said carriage, a barrel support carried by the said frame, stops forlimiting the travel of the said conveyer in both directions, abell-crank lever pivotally connected to the said carriage, the end ofone arm of which is pivotally connected to the said frame, a lever, .ashaft to which said lever is pivotally connected, a second lever alsopivotally connected to said shaft, a connecting rod extending betweenthe said first lever and the said carriage, a second connectin rodextending between the said second lever and the end of the other arm ofthe said bellcrank lever, an arm 23 connected to the said second lever,a lug on the arm 23 adapted to engage a slot provided therefor in thesaid first lever to lock the said first and second levers together, atrip for moving the said arm 23 to disengage the said lug from the saidslot in the said first lever and means for operating the said secondlever to move the carriage, the frame and barrel support horizontallyand to raise and lower the frame and barrel support when the saidcarriage is stationary.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENNO DANZIGER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST L. Ives, W. W. SCHMIDT.

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